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Psychosocial characteristics of transgender youth seeking gender-affirming medical treatment: baseline findings from the Trans Youth Care Study

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GnRHa cohort youth appear to be functioning better from a psychosocial standpoint than GAH cohort youth, pointing to possible benefits of accessing gender-affirming treatment earlier in life.
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This article is published in Journal of Adolescent Health.The article was published on 2021-06-01. It has received 31 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cohort & Gender dysphoria.

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Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8

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TL;DR: The SOC-8 guidelines are intended to be flexible to meet the diverse health care needs of TGD people globally and offer standards for promoting optimal health care and guidance for the treatment of people experiencing gender incongruence.
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Psychosocial Functioning in Transgender Youth after 2 Years of Hormones

TL;DR: In this article , the longitudinal course of psychosocial functioning during the 2 years after gender-affirming hormones (GAH) initiation in a prospective cohort of transgender and nonbinary youth in the United States was characterized.
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Bell v Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 3274: Weighing current knowledge and uncertainties in decisions about gender-related treatment for transgender adolescents

TL;DR: While the use of puberty suppression has become widely accepted as part of health care for transgender adolescents and access to this treatment for minors has increased significantly, it is still unclear how widespread this treatment is in the United States.
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Psychosocial Functioning in Transgender Youth after 2 Years of Hormones.

TL;DR: In this article , the longitudinal course of psychosocial functioning during the 2 years after gender-affirming hormones (GAH) initiation in a prospective cohort of transgender and nonbinary youth in the United States was characterized.
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Challenges in the care of transgender and gender-diverse youth: an endocrinologist’s view

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight key advances in our understanding of transgender and gender-diverse youth, the challenges of providing gender-affirming care, gaps in knowledge and priorities for research.
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Gender differences in self-esteem: A meta-analysis.

TL;DR: Evidence is provided that males score higher on standard measures of global self-esteem than females, but the difference is small, and potential reasons for the small yet consistent effect size are discussed.
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Sex Differences in Empathy and Related Capacities

TL;DR: The literature on sex differences in empathy (denned as vicarious affective responding to the emotional state of another) and related capacities (affective role taking and decoding of nonverbal cues) was reviewed in this paper.
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Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

TL;DR: This evidence‐based guideline recommends treating gender‐dysphoric/gender‐incongruent adolescents who have entered puberty at Tanner Stage G2/B2 by suppression with gonadotropin‐releasing hormone agonists and recommends adding gender‐affirming hormones after a multidisciplinary team has confirmed the persistence of gender dysphoria/gender incongruence.
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Body-Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults

TL;DR: A BE questionnaire for adolescents and adults that has 3 subscales: BE-Appearance (general feelings about appearance), BE-Weight (weight satisfaction), and BE-Attribution (evaluations attributed to others about one's body and appearance) has high internal consistency and 3-month test-retest reliability.
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Young Adult Psychological Outcome After Puberty Suppression and Gender Reassignment

TL;DR: A clinical protocol of a multidisciplinary team with mental health professionals, physicians, and surgeons, including puberty suppression, followed by cross-sex hormones and gender reassignment surgery, provides gender dysphoric youth who seekgender reassignment from early puberty on, the opportunity to develop into well-functioning young adults.
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